Overview
Internet Explorer 8 is the latest version of the familiar web browser you are most comfortable using, helping you get everything you want from the web faster, easier, more privately and securely than ever before.

* Faster Internet Explorer 8 is more responsive with new pages and tabs, opening up fast and reliably. You can now get to the information you care about most, in fewer steps; one click access to your webmail, favorite news sites or other online services.
* Easier Reduce the steps to accomplish many common tasks, and automate your access to real time information updates. You can keep track of your favorite sports team, news, weather with a single click.
* More Private Helps protect your privacy and confidential information where ever you go on the web.
* More Secure Helps protect and stop malicious software from reaching your PC, and makes it easier to detect when a website is an imposter.

please note
RC1 is short for "Release Candidate 1". Release candidate software is ready to be evaluated by users while it undergoes final testing. You may experience minor bugs or compatibility issues with websites while browsing.

Since Beta 2, you’ll note some of the changes inRC1 include the following:
• ClickJacking protection. The SmartScreen Filter now includes the ability to help detect and prevent “ClickJacking” which is a malicious technique of tricking web users into revealing confidential information or taking control of their computer.
• InPrivate™. Helps to protect user’s data and privacy from being retained “locally” on a PC. InPrivate Browsing and InPrivate Filtering can now be used independently.
• Performance improvements. Reduces the time that users must wait when starting the browser, opening a “new tab”, or loading a page.
User interface and experience updates. There have been several user interface changes to help ensure a better user experience.

InPrivate Browsing can help keep your browsing history private on shared computers such as in the home, Internet café or public kiosk. History data that is accumulated while browsing the web in an Internet Explorer InPrivate window, such as temporary Internet files, web address history, or cookies, will be removed when you close the window. History in other Internet Explorer Windows (not using InPrivate), will not be affected.

The InPrivate Browsing experience prevents local storage on your computer of the following:

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New cookies are not stored.
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New history entries will not be recorded.
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New temporary Internet files will be deleted after the Private Browsing window is closed.
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Form data is not stored.
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Entered passwords are not stored.
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Addresses typed into the address bar are not stored.
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Queries entered into the search box are not stored.

InPrivate Browsing is not designed to obscure your identity to your internet provider or web servers on the Internet. It does not prevent data, such as your IP address, from being sent to websites you visit.